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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Clarion Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
CLARION CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A parking assistance apparatus capable of making a parking route shorter when providing parking assistance for parallel parking is obtained. The parking assistance apparatus according to the present invention is a parking assistance apparatus for assisting the parallel parking of a driver's own vehicleand has a configuration that: calculates an escapable position where the driver's own vehiclecan be made to escape from a parking area Sp; calculates a parking-space leaving route E where the driver's own vehiclecan be moved from the escapable position to an initial position Pin a passage area Sr; and sets a parking route based on the parking-space leaving route E. The parking-space leaving route E is calculated by using a first turning circle Cwhen turning from the escapable position Pto a passage side, a second turning circle Cwhen turning in a direction of a target parking position Pat the initial position Pof the driver's own vehicle, and a third turning circle which is a locus of a turning center when the driver's own vehiclehas moved along the first turning circle Cand turns in a direction different from the first turning circle C